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If you lost your password and could not retrieve it using the lost password link, login to your hosting server.

- Login to phpmyAdmin

- Click Databases

- Select your database

- A list of tables will appear on the left, select the table ‘wp_users’ or equivalent.

- verify the user id under user_login

- edit and change the password to your new password (replacing the md5 hex characters)

- from the drop down next to the password field select ‘md5′

- click the ‘go’ button to implement your changes.

Resetting your iPhone, Android or Blackberry phone to Factory Default.

To reset your phone to factory default settings.

iPhone: 

Settings -> General category -> Reset

Android:

Menu -> Settings -> Privacy -> Factory data reset

Blackberry:

Options -> Security Options -> General Settings -> Menu -> Wipe Handheld

 

Juniper knowledge base search plugin for Firefox

Juniper has a plugin for Firefox that can be used for easy search of their knowledge base articles.

Go to http://kb.juniper.net and click on ‘Install Search Engine PlugIn’

 

 

Open Source Wi-Fi Scanning software

Came across this very cool open source wi-fi scanning software called inSSIDer

You can

– Inspect your Wi-Fi and surrounding networks
– Scan and filter hundreds of nearby access points
– Troubleshoot competing access points and clogged Wi-Fi channels
– Highlight access points for areas with high Wi-Fi concentration
– Track the strength of received signals in dBm over time
– Sort results by MAC Address, SSID, Channel, RSSI, Time Last Seen
– Export Wi-Fi and GPS data to a KML file in Google Earth

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